Energy expenditure due to forage intake and walking of grazing cattle

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-110

  Di Marco, O N ^a   Aello, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activity cost; Cattle; Energy; Grazing cost; Maintenance requirement; Walking cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044533606     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352001000100017     Document Type: Article

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